Greenhouse gas emissions by gas by country

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.

Countries reporting
197
Highest
475.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
China
Lowest
0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Anguilla
Median
3.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
35,175

What the numbers show

Greenhouse gas emissions by gas is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 475.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in China; the lowest is 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Anguilla.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, and the mean is 14.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 407.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 39.0%).

Greenhouse gas emissions by gas: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 475.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 2.4% volatile
2 India 310.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 19.3% volatile
3 United States 239.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 5.1% volatile
4 Brazil 203.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 21.5% volatile
5 Russia 85.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.2% volatile
6 Pakistan 71.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 31.1% volatile
7 Indonesia 70.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.3% volatile
8 Australia 67.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 10.6% volatile
9 Argentina 52.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 27.0% volatile
10 Ethiopia 51.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 24.0% volatile
11 Canada 44.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 6.3% volatile
12 Nigeria 41.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 17.4% volatile
13 Turkey 40.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 20.1% volatile
14 Mexico 39.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 3.2% volatile
15 France 32.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 16.1% volatile
16 Germany 32.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 22.8% volatile
17 Iran 32.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 19.3% volatile
18 Bangladesh 32.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 18.2% volatile
19 Chad 30.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 64.7% volatile
20 Vietnam 30.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 34.3% volatile
21 Sudan 28.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 5.9% volatile
22 United Kingdom 28.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.1% volatile
23 Poland 26.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 2.2% volatile
24 Tanzania 26.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 19.1% volatile
25 Colombia 23.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 25.8% volatile
26 Egypt 22.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 0.8% volatile
27 Kenya 20.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 29.1% volatile
28 South Africa 20.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 0.1% volatile
29 Ukraine 20.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 18.1% volatile
30 Thailand 20.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 16.1% volatile
31 Spain 18.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 10.5% volatile
32 South Sudan 18.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 3.4% volatile
33 Philippines 18.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 50.3% volatile
34 Japan 17.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 11.5% volatile
35 Democratic Republic of Congo 17.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 11.2% volatile
36 Angola 17.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 1.9% volatile
37 Uzbekistan 15.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 31.3% volatile
38 Belarus 15.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 1.2% volatile
39 Italy 15.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 4.7% volatile
40 Mongolia 14.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 24.9% volatile
41 Zambia 14.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 12.2% volatile
42 Niger 14.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 55.9% volatile
43 Mali 13.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 25.7% volatile
44 South Korea 13.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 11.8% volatile
45 New Zealand 13.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 6.2% volatile
46 Saudi Arabia 13.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 36.5% volatile
47 Mozambique 12.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 12.2% volatile
48 Uganda 12.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 15.4% volatile
49 Myanmar 12.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 34.1% volatile
50 Kazakhstan 11.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 14.1% volatile
51 Venezuela 11.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 17.3% volatile
52 Bolivia 10.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 36.8% volatile
53 Romania 10.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 3.3% volatile
54 Central African Republic 10.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 6.4% volatile
55 Burkina Faso 9.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 15.6% volatile
56 Peru 9.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 10.4% volatile
57 Netherlands 8.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 7.6% volatile
58 Malaysia 8.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 9.9% volatile
60 Morocco 8.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 4.6% volatile
61 Paraguay 8.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 5.6% volatile
62 Belgium 8.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 10.0% volatile
63 Algeria 8.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 1.5% volatile
64 Botswana 7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 176.8% volatile
65 Guinea 7.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 40.9% volatile
66 Uruguay 7.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 0.2% volatile
67 Chile 7.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 7.8% volatile
68 Turkmenistan 7.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 18.4% volatile
69 Iraq 7.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.0% volatile
70 Madagascar 7.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.0% volatile
71 Nepal 6.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.8% volatile
72 Ghana 6.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 32.7% volatile
73 Czechia 6.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.2% volatile
74 Cameroon 6.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 10.1% volatile
75 Finland 6.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 14.9% volatile
76 Somalia 6.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 4.6% volatile
77 Senegal 6.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 28.3% volatile
78 Sweden 6.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 1.6% volatile
79 Taiwan 5.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 6.1% volatile
80 Malawi 5.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 62.7% volatile
81 Hungary 5.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 4.2% volatile
82 Zimbabwe 5.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 4.6% volatile
83 Yemen 5.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 5.7% volatile
84 Guatemala 5.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 20.0% volatile
85 Lithuania 4.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 18.4% volatile
86 Denmark 4.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 6.4% volatile
87 Cambodia 4.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 1.2% volatile
88 Ecuador 4.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 11.0% volatile
89 Afghanistan 4.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 10.1% volatile
90 Norway 4.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 1.7% volatile
91 Syria 4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 3.8% volatile
92 Cote d'Ivoire 4.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 21.6% volatile
93 Bulgaria 4.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 7.9% volatile
94 Greece 3.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 15.9% volatile
95 Serbia 3.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 6.9% volatile
96 Dominican Republic 3.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 30.9% volatile
97 Austria 3.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.2% volatile
98 Laos 3.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 30.9% volatile
99 Nicaragua 3.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.5% volatile
100 Namibia 3.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 16.1% volatile
101 Tunisia 3.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 8.9% volatile
102 Slovakia 3.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 4.0% volatile
103 Benin 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 35.9% volatile
104 Mauritania 3.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.9% volatile
105 Azerbaijan 2.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 7.3% volatile
106 Cuba 2.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 26.6% volatile
107 Portugal 2.79 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 17.1% volatile
108 Honduras 2.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 5.4% volatile
109 United Arab Emirates 2.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.6% volatile
110 Tajikistan 2.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 48.9% volatile
111 Israel 2.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 3.6% volatile
112 Togo 2.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 66.1% volatile
113 Switzerland 2.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 4.5% volatile
114 Latvia 2.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 2.7% volatile
115 Croatia 2.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 1.7% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 2.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 26.9% volatile
117 North Korea 1.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 24.5% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 1.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 6.9% volatile
119 Congo 1.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 16.3% volatile
120 Georgia 1.89 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 3.0% volatile
121 Libya 1.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 1.1% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 1.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 3.8% volatile
123 Costa Rica 1.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 7.4% volatile
124 Estonia 1.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 0.8% volatile
125 Burundi 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 35.8% volatile
126 Eritrea 1.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 5.8% volatile
127 Haiti 1.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 4.1% volatile
128 Rwanda 1.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 1.5% volatile
129 Jordan 1.47 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 0.2% volatile
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 3.9% volatile
131 Sierra Leone 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 2.8% volatile
132 Oman 1.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 23.4% volatile
133 Singapore 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 11.5% volatile
134 Trinidad and Tobago 1.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 0.4% volatile
135 Panama 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 4.4% volatile
136 Kuwait 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 17.4% volatile
137 Moldova 1.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 5.3% volatile
138 El Salvador 921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 18.8% volatile
139 Qatar 914,432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 35.9% volatile
140 Lebanon 888,865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 15.9% volatile
141 Guinea-Bissau 785,058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 1.7% volatile
142 Slovenia 751,321 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 5.7% volatile
143 Armenia 711,601 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 26.3% volatile
144 Albania 710,292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 39.0% volatile
145 Gabon 692,816 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 16.0% volatile
146 Brunei 568,783 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 407.6% volatile
147 Guyana 536,507 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 3.6% volatile
148 Liberia 520,217 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 1.5% volatile
149 Eswatini 502,823 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 0.4% volatile
150 Lesotho 491,658 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 25.2% volatile
151 North Macedonia 457,582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 21.8% volatile
152 Hong Kong 442,131 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 23.0% volatile
153 Cyprus 360,982 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 12.0% volatile
154 Jamaica 357,071 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 6.1% volatile
155 Iceland 346,459 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 4.0% volatile
156 Gambia 300,809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 17.8% volatile
157 Djibouti 268,521 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 0.6% volatile
158 East Timor 250,149 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 5.7% volatile
160 Suriname 228,161 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 0.4% volatile
161 Bahrain 213,521 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 10.6% volatile
162 Bhutan 190,675 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 1.6% volatile
163 Mauritius 186,007 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 13.2% volatile
164 Fiji 182,195 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 0.7% volatile
165 Montenegro 159,179 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.6% volatile
166 Belize 134,214 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 31.8% volatile
167 Cape Verde 88,085 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 8.6% volatile
168 Vanuatu 87,366 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 35.0% volatile
169 Comoros 68,136 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 11.8% volatile
170 Macao 60,942 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 40.9% volatile
171 Maldives 60,560 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 16.6% volatile
172 Samoa 51,832 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.4% volatile
173 Equatorial Guinea 51,667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.3% volatile
174 Bahamas 47,712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 2.8% volatile
175 Barbados 47,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 9.5% volatile
177 Andorra 37,286 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 9.8% volatile
178 Seychelles 35,659 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 57.3% volatile
179 Solomon Islands 34,730 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 1.4% volatile
180 Palau 30,153 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 18.3% volatile
181 Tonga 24,510 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 11.5% volatile
182 Sao Tome and Principe 24,414 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 33.8% volatile
183 Saint Lucia 19,924 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 3.5% volatile
184 Micronesia (country) 16,362 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 9.2% volatile
185 Antigua and Barbuda 12,587 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 9.6% volatile
186 Dominica 12,096 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 2.5% volatile
187 Grenada 10,004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 3.2% volatile
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9,695 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 85.6% volatile
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,819 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 9.9% volatile
190 Aruba 8,501 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 16.5% volatile
191 Kiribati 7,410 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 22.2% volatile
193 British Virgin Islands 4,504 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 2.5% volatile
194 Cook Islands 4,503 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 5.9% volatile
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,253 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 24.4% volatile
196 Tuvalu 1,391 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 4.3% volatile
197 Saint Helena 1,075 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 2.0% volatile
198 Nauru 580.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 19.5% volatile
199 Niue 322.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 13.6% volatile
200 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 flat
200 Anguilla 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 flat

About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.